Questions People ask you when YoYoing in Public that gets under your Skin

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I hate when people see me do amazing combos and stuff nad say oh be careful you dont hit any one. I HATE THAT SOOOO MUCH. I never hit anyone or anything Besides me lol. Like yesterday i won a talent show at the 3rd or second biggest fair in the country which is the elkhart fair in indiana which is where i live afterwards someone comes up and says not to hit someone.

Hey, dingo54, don’t hit anyone. :wink:

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Not really a question but, this weekend I got “Buddy’ you have way too much time on your hands”.

HAHAHAHAHA!!! I get that all the time ;D

Best part was when I told I have nothing to do and all day to do it in. I’m retired haha!

That’s priceless :smiley:

 Thats happened to me a cpl weeks ago. I was at the Doctors (wife had an Appointment) and I decided to go in the little lobby area to Throw around a little ( I made a diagram below to show where I was standing in the Lobby). I was sitting in the doctors office dosing off waiting on the wife to get done, so like I said I took off to the Lobby. The Lobby isn't super big, But big enough for me to stand off to the side and YoYo without Bothering or Being in the way of Anyone, yet an Old Security Guard (early 50's-late 60's) comes pulling up to Drop Off area outside the Sliding doors in a Security Vehicle and was acting like he was gonna get out and at that same moment my Wife Ironically came walking out, so I was done YoYoing and we walked out the sliding doors and saw the security guard sit back in his vehicle and point at me and I kinda looked at him weird as he rolls the window down and says "I don't want you doing that in there again", Mind you I have been throwing in that area for awhile (Cpl months or so) with no Problems from no one. Any way I'm looking at him Puzzled, I mean seriously this guy must be crazy or something because technically it is a Toy. So I say to him (with the puzzled look still on my face) Are You Serious or are you messing with me, seriously. He says in a stern voice like I'm 10 yrs old " Do I look like I'm playing games" My chin dropped and I interrupted him and said "It's a Toy" then he continues with" whad whad wahd Well I don't care, don't do it again". I asked him why he was doing this, was he in a bad mood or did he go around looking for people enjoying themselves, just so you can go and make them miserable because you are. he said You can hit someone with it, I told him he was crazy and walked away. 
And then Today I was YoYoing outside, Not Inside like he asked. He's slows down and starts pointing at me and saying something to the passenger of his vehicle and I yelled out "what you gonna tell me I can't YoYo here outside of the doctors, it's not like I'm hurting anyone or anything" He gives me a dirty Look and drives off, lol. It was funny, after the 1st episode with security guard I went back to the Doctors and one oof the Nurses was out there when it happed and she says to me "I like your YoYoing, I like the sound it makes when your doing tricks and another thing, I don't understand what that Security guys Problem was, he's old and senile lol. What is this world coming to. LOL

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Yep, rent-a-cops :wink:

Honestly there isn’t a question that irks me. I feel blessed to have people ask me about my hobby.

Honestly, This Post never was About what Trick you didn’t like people asking you to do, because I love to show my Tricks off to anyone that asks. It was suppose to be about those questions that drive you crazy or get under your skin. Like " Why do you spend all your time and money on YoYoing, when you could Spending on Cool Xbox 360 or PS3 Games and Stuff", or the one I get all the time " Is that a Real YoYo?“, " Is that One of those YoYo’s that Does Tricks?” or “How Long Have you been Doing this?'” You tell them and their like “Oh I bet I could Do it right now” and then The One for us older people “Isn’t That a Kid’s Toy, How Old are You anyways?” and come to find out the real yoyo they mean is a Yomega Brain and it supposedly does tricks for you, lol. But as for asking me to do Tricks, oh hells yeah, That is why I bring a Plastic and a Metal. That way I’m prepared for Classic Tricks they all Love and the other for me to do my Practicing and showing off advanced Tricks. So the people talking about what tricks they hate people asking them to do Obviously misunderstood.

This Post is About What QUESTIONS get under your Skin, NOT What Tricks. Sorry for Misunderstanding. You should always want to do Tricks, no matter the Request. Isn’t that why you started YoYoing Originally, was to be able to do Those Classic Tricks People Love

I dislike it when someone sees me yoyoing with an expensive yoyo and they say “how much did that cost?”. And then when I say “like $70” and they say “that’s stupid to spend that much money on a yoyo”. I usually then say “How much did those shoes cost?” “$150” “It’s stupid to spend that much on shoes”. They usually get all red and walk away. It’s kind of hilarious. I don’t mind when people want me to do tricks though.

I hate when someone says, “Dude you’re gonna hit someone!” or “Hey man, you’re gonna hit me!”
No i am not! I KNOW how long my string is! I know how far i am from people! I keep my distance. And i am careful -_- (except when i hit myself :frowning: )
Grrrrr.

can you walk the dog!!!

YES I know if someone is going to get it is going to be me.

also my mom laughs when I hit my self in the head.

IT IS METAL. IT HURTS. lol

Use Sasquatch…
When they ask you to walk the dog just say no…
If they ask why then walk the dog…
It’s going to smell like smoke and say “That’s why”
Done…

look at my sig lol

Personally I would find that amusing. I don’t see a problem, unless they over use it and won’t listen if you tell them to stop

My number one question I get that really gets under my skin is…

“Is that a duncan?”

NO ITS A FREAKING YOYO.

~Z

Well Thats probably do to the fact that if your town don’t have a Local YoYo Shop (Mine don’t have 1 either) and the only YoYo they’ve heard of and seen in stores is The Duncan Butterfly or Imperial. So not realizing that you can purchase other brands online, they think that everything is a Duncan and is the only Company that sells them. That and probably growing up all they had and know of was a Duncan. Not everyone knows How Big YoYoing really is and how many Brands there are, Dang I didn’t realize how big it actually got when I stopped yoyoing back when Yomega 1st came out back in the day with the Brain. I just restarted about 9 mos ago and was in Shock to see how big it had become. So in all Reality you Should give them a Break, it’s not their fault they don’t know about yoyoing, But they are Curious and you can Teach them about the whole Duncan in Stores and Other Brands online unless you have a local yoyo shop. So Smile and Count to 10 before you say Nope not a Duncan, Tough Duncan makes amazing YoYo’s this is made by So and So and you will look more like a Cool Dude then a Jerk not wanting to talk about

i only have one thing that truly ticks me off. it’s a conversation I’ve had before.

“How much did that cost?”
“WHAT? Why did you buy that?!?!?! 90 bucks for a stupid yoyo?”
“Can I try?”
“Why not? It’s only 90 bucks.”

I mean, it’s not that bad most of the time. I let my friend throw my Steamroller today because he can bind (had to teach him 2 school years ago in 8th grade), and yeah, it’s an $130 yoyo, but I didn’t really care. He was interested in throwing it, so I let him.